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A faulty seal and not a blown engine caused Austin Dillon’s Chevrolet to smoke in the final moments of NASCAR’s first practice session, according to a tweet by Bob Pockrass. He will not need to change engines.

Dillon’s 15th-best speed was enough to make him an interesting dark horse and now that he will not have to start in the back of the pack, he remains fantasy relevant. Mar 27 - 4:10 PM

Austin Dillon blew an engine in the final minutes of the first practice session at Martinsville. He was 15th fastest at the time.

Martinsville is a rhythm track and not generally hard on engines. Still, this will hurt Dillon’s handicap for the STP 500 and makes him a risky fantasy proposition. Mar 27 - 2:58 PM

Austin Dillon’s second start at Auto Club Speedway is almost identical to last year. In 2014 he rolled off the grid 20th; this weekend he claimed the 21st position.

Last year, Dillon picked up nine spots and finished 11th. If he can pick up an identical number of places this week and finish 12th he will be worth his salary cap in most games. Mar 21 - 10:22 AM

Sprint Cup regular Austin Dillon tops the speed chart in the Final Practice session for the XFINITY Series Drive4Clots.com 300 at Auto Club Speedway.

The No. 33 Ruud Chevrolet Camaro driver ran a fast lap of 174.914 mph. No. 22 Brad Keselowski, No. 7 Regan Smith, No. 88 Kevin Harvick and No. 62 Brendan Gaughan round out the top-five of the 39 cars out on the track. The No. 13 Toyota driven by Derek White was the slowest in the final practice session. Dillon also had a 10-lap average speed of 171.282 mph. This was the best of the 10 cars running at least 10 consecutive laps in this session. Mar 20 - 7:45 PM